Raiden’s cybernetically-enhanced skill lets him slice and dice with fine precision, and that ability is the focus of this striking cover. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a stylized ballet of intense action and nail-bitingly close combat. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3/360, 2013) Ellie has become one of Naughty Dog’s most beloved characters, a status only improved by her starring role in Left Behind. Her importance to The Last of Us is immeasurable, which is why Naughty Dog defied convention and focused the game’s cover on her rather than Joel. For most games this would be marketing suicide, but Naughty Dog were confident enough in their game not to lie about its character dynamic, and the gamble paid off. Despite controversial opinions on her personality, Ellie wasn’t just Joel’s sidekick, she was his co-star.

Naughty Dog’s survival opus The Last of Us struck an emotional chord with many gamers. Beyond the agonizing “action hero” Booker lies a mysterious world tinged with American and full of mechanical monstrosities. These are covers you’d expect to see on fairy tale collections. Bioshock Infinite’s reversed covers echo the style of old literature prints, and perfectly embody what the game is really about. Dull, uninventive, and as far from the tone of the actual game as you can get, it is fortunately redeemed by the various alternate covers available on different platforms. I’m not alone in thinking that Bioshock Infinite’s default box art is outright terrible. Sure, Japan has some fantastic works that occasionally get brought overseas, but we mostly see the same cookie cutter “guys with guns” or “guys with their backs to the camera.” It’s getting old, but some games manage to defy the standard tropes with appealing, memorable covers.īioshock Infinite (Alternate Cover) (PS3/360/PC, 2013) Video game box art is a mixed bag these days.

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